Filling for beaver-board joints



Patented Feb. 24, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE.

NORBER'I HEIPELLE, O'F SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

FILLDN'G FOR BEAVER-BOARD JOINTS.

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To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, NORBERT HE'PPELLE, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Filling for Beaver-Board Joints, of which the following is a specification.

An object of my invention is the production of. a plastic composition or cement-like substance to be applied to the space between the ends of beaver board for the purpose of making or producing a smooth joint or surface between the ends of the board, and

one that will intimately unite with the material composing the beaver board and will not shrink when dried, whereby it may be painted or finished to form a smooth surface across the joint. It is also water and fire proof.

M composition consists substantially of. a mixture of fire clay, powdered asbestos, white lead, kerosene oil, common salt, dissolved in water and prepared in the follow- Application filed April 28, 1924. Serial No. 709,683.

ing proportions by volume: fire clay, powdered asbestos, %30%; white lead, 10%; kerosene oil, 5%; common salt and water, 40%. The whole being mixed to-.

ether to form a pasty adhesive mass which is applied directly to the opening or space between the ends of the beaver board. The preparations may be varied within narrow limitations of those given without departing .from the scope of the invention.

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